Moistener.



C'. H. NRDIKB.

MOISTENER.

APPLIGATION FILED Mu, 191s.

Patented Jun@ 2, 1914.

@Henn-iis n. nonnina, or..wa'rKINs, NEW YORK.

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` To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known t-hat I, CHARLES H. NonDiKE,

a citizen of the United `States, residing-at Watkina' in the county ofSchuyler and State ofjNew York, have invented-certain 'new and usefulImprovements in Moistcnfers; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and enact description of the invention, such" asl willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to vmake and usethe same'.

This invention relates to new and useful `improvements in moisteningdevices, and has for its -ob]ectx to provideY a, .moistener `beremovedand a new 'oneput in place in' which is adapted to be usedf formoistening stamps and envelops, thereby eliminating the undesirablemethod of licking stamps and env-elops which are to be moistened.

` Another object-ofmy invention is toprovidey a device whereinv theffeltused at the end of the moistener may bel changed "and renewed so thatthe same, should it at any time become, gummed or unfit for use, may

a very short 'time and with little inconvent'o provide a device of theabove character in 'which'a very small amountof liquid is fed to thefelt liny order that the sameniay 'not become too wet.

,'58 prises thecylindrical roved stic er With-the above and otherobjects in view I will now proceed to describe my invention inthefollowing specification and' accomv y over the surface of the cap .12and from 'there may be easily applied to stamps or enpanyingdrawi'nga'in which,

Figure 1 isa view in elev'ation .of my-improved stamp sticker andlenvelop moistener as it would appear with the cap in place;

Fig. 2" is 1a` longitudinal sectional view through my improved moistenerwith the cap remoyed;fEig. 8 is 'an end view of my improved'starnp IsectiomF' 4""S `an end viewof, my iinwith the felt removed; and ig'.lois adetail view vof one end of my irriproved stamp sticker. showinglthe cap Ain sticker showing the cap in section.` ,y y l Referring -tothe 'drawings by characters of. reference 5 indicates the cap which Iuse tov protect the end of the sticker and pre- -vent leak e. v This cappreferably :c omrises the ottoni wall y6 and 'the side wall la;clearlyillustrated in Fig-5.

improved moistener preferably comspecificauori of Letters raient.Application filed may s, 191s. semi No. 766,375.

'site "the threads 9 ence.

A stillt'urther object of my .invention is and through bedr portion s,Whit-i1'l Patented J une 2, 1914.

is provided with a longitudinal aperture having at one end thereof theinternal screw threads' 9. A cylindrical plug; 10 is provided wit-li a'reduced-screw t-lireaded port-ion 11, which is adapted to venter the endof the cylinder, as clearly illustrated in' Fig. 2 and form a closurefor the same. A cap menif ber 12 ofsubst-antially the same diameter .asthe innerdianieter of the cylindrical member Sis provided withtheapertures 13, which are spaced from each other an equal distance, asillust-rated in Figs. 3 and 4, and- -are arranged in triangularrelation. This cap member 12'is adapted tc be inserted in the end oft-hecylindrical member 8 oppotherein;

at 14, is stretched .over the end of the cap member 12 andheldin placeby means of a ring 515, this 'ring 15 being adapted to frictionallyengage the absorbent member and hold the sameiirmly against, the wall ofthe' capmember'lQ.

`When`it is desiredto make use of my im- -proved' moistener, the plug 10s removed and the cylindrical member 'filled with water. The plug 10-isthen replaced and the device is ready for use. It will be clearly seenthatthe liquid contained within the cyliiidrical member will liowdownwardly y the t-riaiigularly arranged openings 13 into the absorbentmaterial 14, by'means of lwhich it will be distributed vclops as thecase may be.

vVVhile in the foregoing I have shown and described the preferredembodiment of my invention, I wish it to be understood that I inay Iparts without in any way departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim is: l

A"devic`e of the-character described comrisinv" a'c lindiical rbediortion screw threads formed at one end of the body por-v t-ioinfa caplit-ted into and firmly secured in the 'oppositei end of thc cylindricalbody `portion, said capbeingprovided with per lforations',` theperforated end` of the cap eX- tending beyond the' cylindrical bodyportion for a short 'distance to form an annular shoulder, a disk ofabsorbent Vmaterial and betirmly secured An absorbent member, preferablyof fel-t or othersiinilai'.material, indicated change the specificarrangements of ing adapted to frctionally engage the abj sorbentmaterial and press the same firmly agalnt the cap, said ring also beingadapted to form an additional thickness around the cap, und make thediameter therethrough equal to the `diameter of the cylinder, and lCopies of this patent may be obtained for -ve cents each, by addressiuWashington, D. C.

a threaded plug adapted to be inserted-in io the threaded end of thebody portion to form aclosure therefor.

In testimony whereof I alix' my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES H. NORDIKE. VtnesseS:

GEO. W. BURRnLL, HARRISON J. BROWN.A

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